IUCN Status: Vulnerable
EPBC Threat Rating: Very high
IUCN Claim: “ Predation by introduced foxes’”
Wallaby remains were found in 1% of fox scats (Pascoe et al. 2012)and were found in another study (Sinclair 2020).
Wallaby remains were not found in fox scats where wallabies were common (Lunney et al. 1996).
There are no studies linking foxes to brush-tailed rock-wallaby
populations.
Lunney, Daniel, Bradley Law, and Catherine Rummery. “Contrast between the visible abundance of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata, and its rarity in fox and dog scats in the gorges east of Armidale, New South Wales.” Wildlife Research 23.3 (1996): 373-379.
Pascoe, Jack H., et al. “Diet analysis of mammals, raptors and reptiles in a complex predator assemblage in the Blue Mountains, eastern Australia.” Australian Journal of Zoology 59.5 (2012): 295-301.
Sinclair, Robin. The diet of foxes in the Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park. Diss. Deakin University, 2020.
Wallach et al. 2023 In Submission